Kevin Hill - Australia
About the artist
Member since the very beginning
Kevin Hill: Aboriginal Artist
Mitchell Foley on Kevin Hill
Traditional Australian Aboriginal Artist, Kevin Hill is a powerful, self-assured man whose talent and charm are immediatly obvious. Born in Richmond Queensland in 1970, Kevin is one of 13 children cared primarily and lovingly by his mother. His father was a cattle driver and railway worker in the outback region surrounding Longreach and Mt Isa. One of several artists in the Hill family, Kevin first embraced his talent in his mid twenties, exhibiting and selling works from;
1996 Catholic Church Art, Brisbane Australia to 2005 the Fred Hollows Foundation Exhibition, Australia.
His paintings are represented in private collections throughout Eastern Australia.
Aboriginal Art, as one can clearly see in Mr Hill's work, is not theoretical Art, but practical, alive and vibrant, it is spiritual and draws energy and substance as it taps into the cultural well creative story telling. His use of modern (non-traditional) pastel and bright colours allow Kevin to tell his own personal stories of Aboriginal culture, weaving in aspects of daily life and relationships as he experiences them.
Reclusive and prolific, Kevin Hill is a serious and inspired element of the new wave Anthroposophical Artists emerging in the wake of Walter Burleigh-Griffin and the traditional dream-time Aboriginal culture, in a flourish of colour and style. His imagery is firmly connected to natural forces; the spirits of the land, animals and God as he envisages them, the sun great mother of all creation and his own totem the Goanna, often forming central and recurring themes in his paintings.
Kevin Hill has an affinity for using bright pastels and the tertiary colours of traditional Australia in a way that excites his audience and gives his work a lift. His imagination, his personal experience and exotic family heritage all become part of an exquisity memorable, visual feats that leaves us, his audience, slightly awed and eager for more.
